Percy Girouard
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Sir Édouard Percy Cranwill Girouard, K.C.M.G. (26 January 1867 – 26 September 1932) was a Canadian railway builder and colonial governor.
Born in Montréal, Quebec, the son of Désiré Girouard, he graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1886 and was commissioned in the Royal Canadian Engineers in 1888. From 1896 to 1898, he was in charge of the Sudan railways. A line bypassing the Nile cataracts in the Sudan, constructed by Girouard, enabled Kitchener's victory at Omdurman. From 1899 to 1904, Griouard constructed railways in South Africa. From 1907 to 1909, Girouard served as high commissioner and governor of northern Nigeria. He then served as governor of the British East Africa Protectorate (Kenya) from 1909 to 1912. During the World War I, he was responsible for munitions procurement and railway organization in Belgium. From 1913 to 1932, he was a director of Armstrong Whitworth, an armaments firm.
Girouard died in London, England in 1932.
[edit] Legacy
The Girouard academic building at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario was named in his honour in 1977.
